The Resource The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media, Gwyn Symonds
The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media, Gwyn Symonds
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The item The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media, Gwyn Symonds represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes this significant topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms like the "graphic" nature and "authenticity" of violent representations, and discussing how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen, Symonds demonstrates that the debate on the effects of violence cannot be conducted without recognizing the vast generic and textual variety that characterizes the representation of violence in contemporary media. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together with discussions of different representations of violence, to look at violence in the media as an art form in itself. By looking at a range of examples from The Simpsons to The Passion of the Christ and The Sopranos, Symonds cross analyzes violence in multiple media to see its affective role in audience reception."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 309 pages
- Contents
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- "Violence at the speed of live" : the televirtuality of 9/11 and rebuking the frame of (re)presentation
- "We can't believe it's not butter" : polemical violence and faking authenticity
- "It is a true story but it might not have happened" : voyeurism and fiction in the true crime narrative
- Show business or dirty business? : the theatrics of mafia narrative and empathy for the last mob boss standing in The Sopranos
- "Solving problems with sharp objects" : female empowerment, sex, and violence in Buffy, the vampire slayer
- "Getting kicks from action pix" : righteous violence and the choreographed body in f(l)ight
- "It's just detail" : flaying the sacred and prosthetic, pixilated and animated violence in the hyperreal
- Isbn
- 9780826429872
- Label
- The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media
- Title
- The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media
- Statement of responsibility
- Gwyn Symonds
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes this significant topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms like the "graphic" nature and "authenticity" of violent representations, and discussing how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen, Symonds demonstrates that the debate on the effects of violence cannot be conducted without recognizing the vast generic and textual variety that characterizes the representation of violence in contemporary media. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together with discussions of different representations of violence, to look at violence in the media as an art form in itself. By looking at a range of examples from The Simpsons to The Passion of the Christ and The Sopranos, Symonds cross analyzes violence in multiple media to see its affective role in audience reception."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Symonds, Gwyn
- Dewey number
- 303.6
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P96.V5
- LC item number
- S96 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Violence in mass media
- Mass media
- Mass media
- Label
- The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media, Gwyn Symonds
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Violence at the speed of live" : the televirtuality of 9/11 and rebuking the frame of (re)presentation -- "We can't believe it's not butter" : polemical violence and faking authenticity -- "It is a true story but it might not have happened" : voyeurism and fiction in the true crime narrative -- Show business or dirty business? : the theatrics of mafia narrative and empathy for the last mob boss standing in The Sopranos -- "Solving problems with sharp objects" : female empowerment, sex, and violence in Buffy, the vampire slayer -- "Getting kicks from action pix" : righteous violence and the choreographed body in f(l)ight -- "It's just detail" : flaying the sacred and prosthetic, pixilated and animated violence in the hyperreal
- Control code
- 212847169
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826429872
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008021979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)212847169
- Label
- The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media, Gwyn Symonds
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Violence at the speed of live" : the televirtuality of 9/11 and rebuking the frame of (re)presentation -- "We can't believe it's not butter" : polemical violence and faking authenticity -- "It is a true story but it might not have happened" : voyeurism and fiction in the true crime narrative -- Show business or dirty business? : the theatrics of mafia narrative and empathy for the last mob boss standing in The Sopranos -- "Solving problems with sharp objects" : female empowerment, sex, and violence in Buffy, the vampire slayer -- "Getting kicks from action pix" : righteous violence and the choreographed body in f(l)ight -- "It's just detail" : flaying the sacred and prosthetic, pixilated and animated violence in the hyperreal
- Control code
- 212847169
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826429872
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008021979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)212847169
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